Combined funnel and measuring-receptacle.



' No.a5a.42v. I -PATENTED MAYI4,'1907.

R. c. STOEIWSANDJ COMBINED FUNRBL AND MEASURING REGB'PTAGLB.

APPLIULTIDH IILIIZID FEBJO 1906.

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ROBERT C. STOEWSAND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. COMBINED FUNNEL ANDMEASURlNG-FIEOEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application filed mary 20, 1906. Serial No. 302,127.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT C. S'ronw- SAND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedFunnels and Measuring-Receptacles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in receptacles for measuring andhandling liquids; and has among the salient objects of its invention toprovide improved means for allowing the fluid to escape through a funnelin the bottom of the receptacle; to provide means whereby the funnel issupported out of contact with the surface on which the receptacle rests;to provide a construction which will serve the purpose of an ordinaryfunnel and at the same time stand in an upright position on the surfaceon which it is placed; to provide an improved device whereby theplug-valve is easily removed from or inserted in the funnel to providean extremely economical and efiective construction, the mechanism ofwhich is not only con veniently arranged to permit the filling of'thereceptacle but is easily and readily cleaned and in general to providean improved construction of the character referred to.

I am aware that devices have been patented in which the liquid isallowed to escape through the bottom of the receptacle, andin whichvalves controlled by spring pressed levers have been employed toregulate this escape. My invention has to do with improvements in theconstruction and arrangement of such devices. The particular advantagesof my construction will more clearly appear in the followingdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of the receptacle showing the springpressed lever and plug in position in the funnel. Fig. 2 is an axialsectional view of a portion of the receptacle, showing the plug withinthe funnel.

In the drawings 1 designates as a whole the receptacle which may begraduated as a measure or not as desired, having a handle 2, a bottom 3,and a down standing flange 4, on which the receptacle stands. The bottom3 converges downwardly from the side of the vessel toward its center,which is cut away to permit the attachment of a funnel 5. In order thatall the liquid may flow through this funnel it is thus placed at thelowest part of the sloping bottom and has its top flushwith the bottomof the vessel. A- plug valve 6 is conveniently shaped to fit tightlywithin the funnel 5 and may be readily removed or inserted by means nowto be described. This valve, as conveniently made, comprises a diskportion 6, provided with an annular plug-flange fitting the funnel, ahead 7 having an extension which passes through the disk, and a sleevefitting over the extension of the plug and against the under side of thedisk, said sleeve and extension being rigidly united. The head 7 has atransverse opening 8 through which is inserted the lower end of aconnecting rod 9. This rod 9 is shaped substantially in a double reversecurve as shown clearly in Fig. 1. Its lower end is inserted into theopening 8 of the plug, then bent to an obtuse angle and extendsdiagonally up to and rests in sliding contact with the side of thevessel to which the handle 2 is attached; from thence the rod is bentinwardly and continues diagonally upwardly and toward the center of thevessel until it nearly reaches the top of the latter when it is againbent toward the handle side of the vessel. I

The object of shaping the rod in the manner just described is to guideit in its upward and downward movement by its engagement with the sideof the receptacle and to place it as far as possible out of the way whenthe receptacle is being filled, as will more clearly appear hereafter-To actuate this rod I provide a spring-pressed thumb-lever 10 pivotallymounted on, and in alinement with, the handle of the vessel, as at 11,and provided at the under side of its outer end with a coiled springwhich is suitably fastened to the handle 2. The opposite end of thislever is pivotally connected with the upper end of the arm 9, at 13. Thecooperating action of these parts is one of the features of myinvention. If the leverpivot alone were used and the connecting armrigidly connected to the lever, the plug would on raising the arm bindagainst that portion of the funnel opposite the handle side of thevessel. The use of the second pivot, at 13, prevents this binding asthat portion of the arm which is in contact with the side of the vesselwill now on the pressing down of the thumb-lever slide along and beguided bythe side of the vessel and a direct upward force will beapplied to the plug.

As heretofore noted the bottom of the vessel is providedwith a downturned flange whiclii preferably is one piece with the side of thereceptacle. This flange is cut away at 14 so as to be readily set overthe handle of a jug or similar vessel which is to be filled. An opening15 is cut in the flange so that the funnel can be readily viewed whenthe re ceptacle is being used to conduct liquid to another vessel.

The operation of the device is obvious, the receptacle being filled withliquid to be conducted to another vessel is held by the handle andplaced over. the receptacle to be filled. The lever is now pressed downby the thumb, actuating the connecting arm and removing the plug fromthe funnel. As soon as the liquidhas run out the pressure is removedfrom the lever and the spring at once forces down the actuating armwhich in turn forces the plug into position in the funnel.

I claim as my invention:

A combined measuring cup and funnel comprising a generallycylindriceuplil e receptacle provided with a downwardly-com verging bottom havingat its middle portion the upper part of said handle and the thumbpieceof said thumb-lever, a funnel connected to the bottom of the cup andsurrounding said outlet, a supporting rim or flange formed incontinuation of the side-body of the cup and extending below the lowerend of the funnel, and a peephole formed through said flange andexposing the delivery end of the funnel to view.

ROBERT C. STOEWSAND.

Witnesses:

EMILIE Ross, FRANK L; BELKNAP.

